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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2020, 7:54 PM EST for Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2020, 7:54 PM EST (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2020, 8:18 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
416
WFUS52 KMHX 070054
TORMHX
NCC177-187-070145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.200207T0054Z-200207T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
754 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
Northern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 845 PM EST.
* At 754 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Phelps Lake, or 12 miles east of Plymouth, moving
northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Alligator, Columbia, Woodley, Pleasant Grove, Newfoundland,
Scuppernong, Pungo Lake, Phelps Lake, Roper and Creswell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Please send your reports of wind and/or hail damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 7646 3576 7680 3602 7647 3602 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 225DEG 54KT 3582 7654
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
mlee2 follow-up statements
796
WWUS52 KMHX 070104
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
804 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
NCC177-187-070145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200207T0145Z/
Washington NC-Tyrrell NC-
804 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN TYRRELL COUNTIES...
At 803 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Scuppernong, or 19 miles east of Plymouth, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Woodley, Newfoundland, Scuppernong, Roper and Creswell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3584 7626 3585 7668 3602 7647 3602 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 229DEG 51KT 3591 7641
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
mlee346
WWUS52 KMHX 070118
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
818 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
NCC177-187-070128-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200207T0145Z/
Washington NC-Tyrrell NC-
818 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
TYRRELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EST for eastern North
Carolina.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Newport.
LAT...LON 3584 7626 3585 7668 3602 7647 3602 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 225DEG 54KT 3607 7621
$$
mleeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 7:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 7:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 min | |
| Feb 6, 8:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 55 min |
| Feb 6, 8:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 65 min |
| Feb 6, 8:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 9:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Feb 6, 9:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 25 min |
| Feb 7, 12:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 119 min |
| Feb 7, 12:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow | 82 min |
| Feb 7, 2:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 17 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 11 days |
| Feb 7, 10:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 9 days |
| Feb 7, 10:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 23 days |
| Feb 7, 3:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 5 days |
| Feb 7, 6:58 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 14 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.